Andrea Corr and Bono perform at the Live 8 Finale in Edinburgh, Scotland Wednesday.
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More than 50,000 people filed into Edinburgh, Scotland's Murrayfield Stadium on Wednesday for the last of Bob Geldof's momentous Live 8 concerts, organized behind a single global mission: to raise awareness and support for the various social and economic issues facing Africa.

The postscript to the 10 concerts staged in cities all over the world on Saturday (see "Jay-Z, U2, Madonna, Pink Floyd Deliver Live 8 Highlights"), Wednesday's climactic finale featured Snow Patrol, James Brown, Travis, Annie Lennox, the Thrills, Feeder, Embrace, Texas, Wet Wet Wet, McFly, Neneh Cherry, Sugababes, and Youssou N'Dour, in addition to several guest speakers — supermodel Claudia Schiffer and actor George Clooney among them, according to BBC News.

All of the free event's participants took the stage as part of an eleventh-hour push to urge the leaders of the world's eight largest national economies — who convened yesterday for a three-day summit — to devise feasible methods by which Africa's epidemic poverty can be mitigated (see "The Road To Live 8: Why Are We Here?"). The final Live 8 gig unfolded just 40 miles away from this year's annual G8 caucus (see "What Is The G8, Anyway?").

U2 frontman Bono — who, along with Geldof, met face-to-face with some of the G8 leaders, and told Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin his refusal to pledge more foreign aid was "infuriating" — introduced former South African president Nelson Mandela, who, in a recorded message, told the assembled mass that the world needed to "work to make poverty history."

"Sometimes, it falls upon a generation to be great," Mandela continued. "You can be that generation. You have that opportunity."

According to The Associated Press, Geldof also addressed the massive crowd: "On Friday, there will be a great silence across the world while we await the verdict of eight men. Is [Africa] to live or die?"

In addition to orchestrating the Live 8 concerts, Geldof urged millions to march on Edinburgh on Wednesday, as part of the Make Poverty History movement; a few hundred did show, and an estimated 200,000 staged an anti-poverty march in the Scottish city over the weekend.

Get involved: Learn about the poverty crisis in Africa, the proposed solutions, and how you can help. Plus find all of our coverage of the international Live 8 concerts and more at our thinkMTV Live 8 hub.

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Feeder drummer Jon Lee  
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Jon Lee, drummer for the Brit-rock band Feeder, was found dead at his home in Miami on Monday. He was 33.

Lee hanged himself in his garage and was discovered by his wife, Brazilian model Tatiana Englehart, according to a spokesperson for the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's office.

"We will miss him more than melody," Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas and bassist Taka Hirose said in a statement. "We're utterly devastated."

Nicholas elaborated in an interview he gave to BBC Radio 1 on Wednesday, saying he "really can't understand why he chose to take his own life when he had so many things going for him in his life. Unfortunately, he has, and there's nothing I can do about that. I only wish I could."

Feeder manager Matt Page said that the band will continue, though the remaining members will need some time before they set forth any plans. Nicholas told the BBC, "I feel Jon would have wanted us to carry on."

"I think the best thing is to try and find something positive out of this awful situation," Nicholas told the BBC. "I know how much the band meant to him, and Jon's parents did say to me it would mean a lot to them if we did carry on with Feeder. I think we've all worked too hard to give up now. It's just a shame that Jon won't be there with us to enjoy the future. He will be there in spirit. He'll always be with us."

Feeder formed in 1995 and built a name for themselves in the U.S. when their single "High" was included on the "Can't Hardly Wait" soundtrack in 1997. Their single "Buck Rogers" off their third album, Echo Park, went top five in the U.K. last year. They were due to record a session Thursday for Friday's edition of the BBC's "Top of the Pops," Page said.

The band's future plans — including a spring tour and summer festival gigs at Glastonbury and Reading — are on hold.

Feeder had recently completed a European tour with Stereophonics, who said in a statement, "Last year we toured together ... and had a great time. Jon was always the life and soul ... always up for a party, so it is a shock to hear this tragic news."

The drummer is the second U.K. musician to commit suicide on U.S. soil in the past month (see "Big Country Singer Found Dead In Hawaii" ).

In addition to his wife and infant son, Cameron, Lee is survived by his father, his mother and his brother.

Lee's funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 18, at St. Mary's Church in Newport, South Wales. Lee will be buried at St. Woolas Cemetery at 11 a.m. that same day. Both ceremonies are "unrestricted," according to the wishes of his family, meaning fans are welcome to attend.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to Noah's Ark Appeal, a children's charity (T. J. Davies Limited, 54-56 Chepstow Road, Newport, Gwent, South Wales, NP1 98WU, United Kingdom).

Management, meanwhile, requests that fans send their comments, recollections and photographs to be collected in a scrapbook that will be presented to Lee's family, either by email at Kat@Riot-management.com, or by post to Feeder Central, P.O. Box 2539, London, W1A 3HZ, United Kingdom.

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Feeder wowed audiences at a pair of shows at last weekend's CMJ Music Marathon in New York City, and now the London-based trio has returned to U.S. airwaves with a new video and single for "Insomnia."

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